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Quantified Self intro june 010 #bcbs10

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QuantifiedSelf A Mega Trend or just a fad @harscoat Disclaimer: I am no official speaker of the QS group, just a very interested amateur. I myself track with “Chocolate method” ;)

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Agenda <ul><li>Intro </li></ul><ul><li>QS: a fad or emerging power trend? </li></ul><ul><ul><li>General pb </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Context </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>QS community </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Personal Informatics </li></ul><ul><li>Issues </li></ul><ul><li>Our proposal… </li></ul>!! I thank in advance the people who share publicly their work it’s THEIR copyrighted material always reference to them when you can to say thank you

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My personal pain = Achieving measurable goals <ul><li>Getting 40… it is not time to talk, </li></ul><ul><li>But time to achieve goals & leave sthg behind: </li></ul><ul><li>Eg. </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Saving money to buy a house </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Writing a book </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Spend quality time with family </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>… and also </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Drinking enough water to not have tendinites </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Make pushups to keep fit even if traveling </li></ul></ul>To achieve ! Leave sthg concrete/objective behind

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We need to Focus on numbers What matters are your numbers – and the value they indirectly create

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From any which way Numbers 9123235262 # Sales expenses Heart rate / blood pressure Miles running Lines of code Pages for my book Money $ Loosing weight Concentration Flows Cigarettes/beer… per day Hours of practice Series of push-ups Vaccines against Malaria

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Alexandra Curetogether Founder & well known contributor to the QS movement explains <ul><li>I don't need data to tell me that And I don't need to punish myself anymore Will I ever track again? Yes, probably For a specific goal or experiment Or to observe a pattern I'll try to keep an objective, non-judging eye But then I'll stop When I've seen what I needed to see And learned what I wanted to learn Like any tool Self-tracking can be used for benefit or harm I won't let it Be an instrument of self-torture Any. More. </li></ul>Tracking can be a monk discipline

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We Still think QS holds! <ul><li>Numbers are objective evidence based </li></ul><ul><li>They speak as universal language </li></ul><ul><li>PS: Alexandra Carmichael is now Director of QSelf blog </li></ul>

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& we have a sthg to propose you <ul><li>It is called Quantter: starting today with you #BCBS10 </li></ul><ul><li>I have a questionnaire ! </li></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>I am very open! And guarantee I will listen all your remarks and critics </li></ul></ul></ul>

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Value at the end of the day <ul><li>That a children can learn by evidence based examples that: </li></ul><ul><ul><li>nothing great was achieved without big repetitive numbers of daily simple tedious focused tasks </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>little numbers with regularity are much superior force than big 1time splash numbers (even for becoming a world class rapper) </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Talent is overrated! Don’t wait for magical inspiration, genes or genius, « Fleissig sein » (as said in german) </li></ul></ul>